Fractured Fairytales: Fractured Fairytale

It's time for the annual fun-fest, and this year the Bigfoot prince is ready to choose his bride. Rrrrrella, who lives in the prince's forest, is a perfect match, but can she get past her nasty stepsisters and reach the fun-fest in time to win the prince's heart?

A funny, western version of "Cinderella" - with an unexpected twist.

When Chickerella's new step mother and step sisters, Ovumelda and Cholestera, move in, life in the chicken coop takes a turn for the worst.

Ellen Jackson brings young readers the delightful story of what can be done without the help of a fairy godmother.

When today's Cinderella wants to find her Prince Charming, she may need the help of a trash can, a copy machine, or even a glass slipper.

Caldecott Honor illustrator (and dog lover) Diane Goode adds her own splash of humor to the fetching tale of a kind and gentle girl who wins the heart of a prince.

When is a rat not a rat? When Cinderella's fairy godmother turns him into a coachman - well, more of a coachboy. And what does the coachboy think of this sudden change?

An untidy witch named Cinderhazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does. This spellbinding twist offers the moral that even the messiest folks can live happily, and filthily, ever after.

In this version of the Cinderella tale set in the 1920s, Ella has two men courting her--the handsome Duke of Arc and Buttons the delivery boy.

A fairy grants a small, skinny prince a change in appearance and the chance to go to the Palace Disco.

Princess Smartypants enjoys being an independent Ms. and has no intention of getting married. When family pressure mounts, she agrees to look for a mate but sets the candidates tasks that are impossible.

In this hip and expressive fairytale, a dog named Rufferella, whose owner would like to turn him into a female! Their outrageous adventures teach readers to appreciate others for who they are.

The Princess Elizabeth is slated to marry Prince Ronald when a dragon attacks the castle and kidnaps Ronald. In resourceful and humorous fashion, Elizabeth finds the dragon, outsmarts him, and rescues Ronald --- who is less than pleased at her un-princess-like appearance.

A classic tale with a gigantic twist! "Cinderelephant, make my breakfast!" "Cinderelephant, mop the floor!" Poor Cinderelephant!

A hen-ballerina aspires to stardom and foils a fox-agent.

When beautiful Princess Miserella, Plain Jane, and a fairy fall under a sleeping spell, a prince undoes the spell in a surprising way.

An adaptation of the traditional tale, featuring a sleeping, snoring princess who is rescued by a prince after being cursed by a bad fairy.

A curse by an angry fairy puts a bunny princess to sleep for a hundred years.

Everyone knows Sleeping Beauty has to be woken with a kiss, except Prince Charming. Every time the fairies watching over her try to tell him, he interrupts with his ideas of how to wake her.

Betsy Red Hoodie goes to visit her grandma with her friend Zimmo the wolf and her flock of sheep, but Zimmo, her mother, and her grandma have a surprise planned.

While a little girl who loves red--and loves to dilly-dally--stops to paint a picture on the way to visit her grandmother, her dog Rufus meets a wolf and leads him directly to Granny's house.

The Big Bad Wolf, who claims to be a vegetarian, tells his side of the story of Little Red Riding Hood and her granny.

In this version of the Grimm fairy tale, Thomas--who is called Little Red--discovers a wolf in disguise at his grandmother's house and ingeniously uses ginger ale to save the day.

When Little Red Riding Hood sets off to deliver muffins to her grandmother, you can bet that a big bad wolf isn't far behind!

When Little Wolf, who doesn't want to be a Big Bad Wolf, is sent to catch dinner, she meets Red Riding Hood and the two of them come up with a solution.

Everyone knows there are at least two sides to every story, and if you believe in the big-eared, sharp-toothed villain of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, there's a logical explanation for everything.

When the Big Bad Wolf comes knocking on the door of the Pig family, he finds himself surprised with a birthday party, and he forgets why he really came to see them.

Getting onto the wrong school bus was the pig's first mistake. Her second was choosing to take the path through the forest. The next thing she knows, a wolf has grabbed her and thrown her into a sack, all the while singing a song about soup.

Loosely based on the folktale about the three little pigs, these three pigs have a different surprise for the wolf who is trying to blow their houses down.

When Big Bad Wolf, who now lives at the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to tell his story at the library, he faces the truth about what he did to the three little pigs and decides to make amends.

A delightfull retelling of the three little pigs story. Three little gators strike out on their own in an east Texas swamp.

In this quirky, artsy retelling of The Three Little Pigs, the pigs and their homes are nods to three famous architects Frank Gehry, Phillip Johnson, and Frank Lloyd Wright and their signature homes.

"Little rig, little rig, let me come in!" "Not by the chrome on my chinny chin chin." "Then I'll crash and I'll bash and I'll smash your house in." When the three little rigs set out to build their own garages, each one thinks that his is going to be the strongest. But then the big bad wrecking ball comes to call and threatens to smash their new homes to smithereens. The brothers learn that it's only by bravery and teamwork that they can win the day.

While the three little tamales cool off on a windowsill, a tortilla rolls by. "You will be eaten. You better run!" he tells them. And so the tamales jump out the window. The first runs to the prairie and builds a house of sagebrush. The second runs to a cornfield and builds a house of cornstalks. The third runs to the desrt and builds a house of cactus. Then who should come along but Señor Lobo, the Big Bad Wolf, who plans to blow their houses down!

When it comes time for the three little wolves to go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the big bad pig. But the little wolves' increasingly sturdy dwellings are no match for the persistent porker, who has more up his sleeve than huffing and puffing.

Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale Why do wolves think they can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren't going to take it from that bully anymore!

The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view.

The three little pigs are in their usual trouble with the big bad wolf, until a mysterious Voice gets involved and mixes things up.

Detective Doggedly, a pair of cows, and a sheep who looks very familiar are all nearby each time three pigs get in trouble, but the big bad wolf is conspicuously absent.

Come along on a wild circus adventure about three little pigs who have captured a wild wolf.

Rebuffed by the princess after retrieving her golden ball, a noble frog sets out to find a more suitable mate.

Here's an amusing new twist on the well-known fairy tale situation in which a frog becomes a handsome prince when he is kissed by a beautiful princess. Can Snog the Frog also be transformed by a kiss?

After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.

On the advice of a mixed-up fairy, Eldon the hog tries to achieve his princely ambitions by kissing the perfect mate.

A pretty new princess-and-the-pea picture book for little people who love preposterous play with the letter P!

"Most of the time, Rosebud is Good Princess Rosebud, but she can become Princess Fussy. This new rendition of The Princess and the Pea features a little girl who needs certain things to be 'just so.'"

Princess Paulina needs a job. Ever since her father retired from his throne to become a carpenter, Paulina has had no use for her princess skills. When she hears that Prince Drupert is looking for a princess to marry, Paulina can't pass up the opportunity to put her princessing skills into practice.

The pea gives its own version of what happened in the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea," from the time of its birth in the Palace Garden until it helps arrange a royal marriage.

In this clever, wordless turnabout on the Goldilocks story, a curious bear cub wreaks havoc in the cabin of a pioneer family out for a walk.

A Western-style retelling of the traditional tale about a little girl who finds the house of bear family and makes herself at home.

In this story, loosely based on that of Goldilocks, Goldie, who has yet to find a friend to "love with all her heart," makes an unplanned visit to the house of some bears.

When Goldilocks, running from the three bears, falls down a rabbit hole and hurts her foot, a family of hares tries to help but she proves to be a very loud, demanding, and tenacious guest.

When Goldie Locks comes down with chicken pox, she is teased by her brother and is unable to visit with Bo Peep, Little Red, and other friends.

Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders out of the woods and finds himself lost in the Big City. What are the chances of him bumping in to someone who remembers exactly how he likes his porridge?

The seven squat bears are a hardworking bunch. After a long day of working in the mines, they return home to find a giantess sleeping on their beds...ALL SEVEN OF THEIR BEDS! Panic ensues, but one enterprising bear decides the solution to their giant problem is a prince! But are they off to find a giant-slaying prince? Or a princess-marrying prince? Or both?!

When three hungry dinosaurs lay a trap hoping to catch something to eat, Goldilocks who never listens to warnings, walks into their house and springs the trap.

Thirty years after Goldilocks first met the three bears, she returns to fix up their cottage and soothe her guilty conscience.

When Mr. Sillypants gets lost on a camping trip, he has a dream about "The Three Bears."

An urban retelling of the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears story, told from the baby bear's perspective.

It's Baby Bear's birthday and Mr. Wolf is throwing a party. He and Grandma Wolf have whipped up lots of tasty snacks. And the Three Bears have just arrived!Then Goldilocks--the rudest girl in the neighborhood--barges in. Who invited her?

The "Oso "family is going out for a stroll, and Rubia has her eye on their empty "casita." A nice bowl of "sopa," a comfortable chair, a "perfecta" little bed Who wouldnt want to open la "puerta" and come in?

In a reversal of the Goldilocks story, a bear explores the home of the three Blairs while they are out.

Everyone knows what happened when Goldilocks met the three bears. But when she encounters a whopping thirty-three bears, the strange-talking Bliim, or even three little pigs, the stories end a bit differently.

Presents the correspondence of Goldilocks, the three pigs, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and Little Red Riding Hood as they plan to attend a housewarming party for the pigs and avoid the evil wolves in the forest.

In this bright and breezy retelling of the Brothers Grimm storytime favorite, the three Billygoats Gruff find themselves yearning for the delectable treats on the other side of their island. However, to get there, they first must cross a bridge...a bridge guarded by Calypso Joe, the self-proclaimed "meanest troll dis part of de island."

Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll.

Skippity-skip-skip. One after the other, three silly sisters skip over a bridge on their way to school. But before she can cross to safety, each sister must face Ugly-Boy Bobby, a bully who hides in a hole beneath the bridge.

This retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is set in the heart of a city where an enormous rat tries to keep three goats from crossing the street.

A hilarious southwestern twist on Jack and the Beanstalk.

Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum'un, I smell the blood of an Englishwoman. Be she alive or be she dead, I'll grind her bones to make my bread. Mary Pope Osborne's funny, magical retelling of the favorite tale featureS a new and inspiring heroine named Kate for today's audience.

In this version of the traditional tale, a young giant chases Jack down the beanstalk to rescue his beloved hen and meets other Jacks from various nursery rhymes along the way.

The giant tells what really happened when Jack kept climbing up the beanstalk and sneaking into his house.